On Monday, Sen.

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) urged OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta Platforms, Inc.

(NASDAQ:META) to hit pause on AI development.

Bernie Sanders Wants AI Development Paused In letters sent to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sanders argued that advanced AI development should be paused "in the interest of humanity." "It is not too late to avoid disaster.

Stop building machines that humans cannot control," Sanders wrote, warning that the Senate could step in if the companies fail to act.